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Podcast: Between the Lines
Episode: NZ election: why voters chose 'health over wealth'; and the rise of socialism in the time of COVID
Description: Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party has won a stunning victory in a landslide election but if NZ does not sort out its economic challenges quickly, could our trans-Tasman cousins become a failed state? Also, COVID-19 won’t spell the end of capitalism, but will the US move closer towards government intervention for complex issues like the pandemic? And if socialism continues to rise, how will it be different from the past?